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I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5653IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 21, 2023Mr. Nickel (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Correa, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Trone, and Mr. Moskowitz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House AdministrationA BILLTo provide that Members of Congress shall not be paid if Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed the regular appropriations bills on a timely basis.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the No Budget, No Pay Act.

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Prohibiting compensation of Members of Congress for failure to agree to budget resolution or pass regular appropriations bills on timely basis

(a)

Failure To agree to budget resolution

(1)

Prohibiting compensation

If by April 15 of any calendar year occurring during a Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress), both Houses of Congress have not agreed to a concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that year, no Member of Congress may receive compensation with respect to the period described in paragraph (2). (2)

Period described

The period described in this paragraph is the period which begins on April 16 of the calendar year and ends on the day on which both Houses of Congress agree to a concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that year. (b)

Failure To pass regular appropriation bills

(1)

Prohibiting compensation

If by September 30 of any calendar year occurring during a Congress (beginning with the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress), both Houses of Congress have not passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that year, no Member of Congress may receive compensation with respect to the period described in paragraph (2). (2)

Period described

The period described in this paragraph is the period which begins on October 1 of the calendar year and ends on the first day by which both Houses of Congress have passed each of the regular appropriation bills for the fiscal year which begins on October 1 of that year. (3)

Regular appropriation bill defined

The term regular appropriation bill means any annual appropriation bill which, with respect to the Congress involved, is under the jurisdiction of a single subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives (pursuant to the Rules of the House of Representatives for that Congress) and a single subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate (pursuant to the Standing Rules of the Senate). (c)

Treatment of Delegates as Members; exclusion of Vice President

In this section, the term Member of Congress includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress but does not include the Vice President.